German Bank Lending During Financial Crises: A Bank Level Analysis

Frank Heid, Thorsten Nestmann, Natalja Von Westernhagen and Beatrice Weder

No 5164, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper studies German bank lending during the Asian and Russian crises, using a bank level data set from the Deutsche Bundesbank. Our aim is to gain more insight into the pattern of German bank lending during financial crises in emerging markets. We find that German banks reacted to the Asian crisis mainly by reallocating their portfolios among emerging markets. By contrast, the banks' behaviour during the Russian crisis is characterised by a general withdrawal from emerging markets. We find that the lending of large commercial banks was less stable than the lending of public sector banks during the Asian crisis. Differences were not as pronounced during the Russian crisis.

Keywords: bank lending; banking; contagion; currency crises; emerging markets crises; financial stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F30 F32 F34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-08
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